LEGO recently relaunched its Friends theme with the intent of making sets more inclusive and reflective of society today. BrickNerd put those ideals to the test by engaging with educator and LEGO Masters contestant Corey Samuels who led a community event with a new generation of young female LEGO builders to see what they thought of the new Friends.
Read MoreCheck out all these LEGO contests and challenges for the month of January 2023. From fantasy to castles to seed part competitions, there are MOCs to be built and prizes to be won!
Read MoreTo welcome the Year of the Rabbit, today on BrickNerd we feature a MOC round-up of other bunny builds, plus a surprise bonus feature at the end!
Read MoreHow do you transform steampunk concept art into a MOC? We chat with LEGO builder Hejjo Demkowicz about his wonderfully atmospheric scene, District 1., to get the full story.
Read MoreMore than a hundred new LEGO sets are available for January 2023. If you use BrickNerd’s affiliate link for LEGO.com, you are helping support community-focused journalism—a win-win situation when you get your modular Jazz Club, an official purple or brown spaceman, the return of LOTR, and more!
Read MoreWelcome to the LEGO Wheel of Time collaboration with a full breakdown of builds and why it was built. It’s time to get wheelin’!
Read MoreEvery year we are amazed by the reception to what we are doing at BrickNerd, so today we wanted to share with you the numbers of what we’ve achieved in 2022 and some of the New Years resolutions for what we want to accomplish in 2023.
Read MoreDecember and 2022 may be coming to a close, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few more LEGO articles worth your time! These are the best LEGO features from around the fan community for December 2022.
Read MoreThe LEGO Great Ball Contraption theme and community evolve each year, and this year was no different. Today, we take a look back at the standout GBC modules and layouts of 2022.
Read MoreJoin us as we celebrate the Spring Festival with LEGO’s most recent Lunar New Year sets! We explore the cultures and traditions of the Chinese diaspora from the perspectives of LEGO fans in Asian communities across the globe.
Read MoreThe characters from LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 23 are celebrating Christmas with a little added holiday magic. Join us on a photographic journey to see all their festive secrets of the season!
Read MoreWelcome back to BrickNerd Quick Builds! We have two treats for you today—Santa and Nutcracker ornaments. Now you can decorate your Christmas tree with LEGO ornaments packed full of holiday NPU!
Read MoreLEGO Star Wars Advent Calendars have been a Yuletide highlight for more than a decade providing a total of 288 small gifts from a galaxy far away. But what are the odds of finding a female minifig in your advent calendar?
Read MoreJoin us on a journey into the unknown with the otherworldly LEGO builds of Bart De Dobbelaer.
Read MoreExactly 10 years ago today, LEGO announced that it would be releasing official Lord of the Rings and Hobbit sets. The subsequent waves of sets from Middle Earth have inspired thousands of MOCs and a building frenzy like none other in the fan community.
Read MoreFor Nerdvember 2022, we challenged our BrickNerd readers to take our mascot Nerdly on a fantastic adventure and reimagine it into the realm of fantasy. We received so many creative entries that took us to another world, and we’re thrilled to award our Golden Nerdly trophy to…
Read MoreContinuing our deep dive into LEGO Inside Tour sets, we take a look at the more modern models, how designs have changed over time, and what effect the opening of the LEGO House had on these incredibly rare sets.
Read MoreWhat are LEGO Inside Tour exclusive sets and why are they so rare? Today we take a look at the history of these highly desirable and impossible-to-find sets, how they came to be, who has designed them, and what they represent to the history of the company.
Read MoreIn the past few months, LEGO has hosted no less than five special events in New York City. What is it about NYC that LEGO loves so much that keeps bringing them back to the Big Apple?
Read MoreHow do you prepare for the final challenge of LEGO Masters Denmark? In this third and last part of the series, we find out if Esben Kolind’s preparations paid off and if he and his partner took home the grand prize of being immortalized in LEGOLAND Billund.
Read MoreTake a seat as we explore clever LEGO chair techniques that will leave you sitting pretty. From boat studs to bucket handles, here are some simple ways to design your own stylish chairs.
Identifying individual LEGO parts from bulk second-hand purchases can be challenging, so what are the most common elements that people want to know, “What is this!?”
The same bricks have sailed under many names in Alexander Zarkowski’s LEGO shipyard. We talk cruise ships, building at scale and how it feels to take apart a massive build after only a few weeks.
Which country has the cheapest LEGO? We’ve crunched the numbers across 22 countries spanning Europe, North America, and Australia and found a surprising result…
LEGO Castle has featured quite a few factions like the Wolfpack and Fright Knights. But what would kids name them after only seeing their shields? Make way for the Mean Rocktopusses!
Brian Hickey is back with another installment of LEGO According To Kids. This time he asks his to young children about their thoughts on LEGO color names. Read on to find the interesting and comical results!
AFOLs have a language all their own, giving LEGO parts a variety of interesting nicknames and acronyms. But what do kids think of these part names? Well, we asked and they did not hold back…
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